Does the site convey a clear sense of its intended audience?
Does it use language in a way that is familiar to and comfortable for its readers?
Is it conversational in its tone?
Is the experience seamless?
Do the pictures and the graphic design help the communication?
Is load time appropriate to content?
Is there an easily discoverable means of communicating with the author or administrator?
Is the HTML semantic (allowing screen readers to navigate the site)
Does the site have a consistent and clearly recognizable “look-&-feel”?
Does it make effective use of repeating visual themes to unify the site?
Is it consistent even without graphics or external style sheet? (This can happen)
Does the site make effective use of hyperlinks to tie related items together?
Are there dead links? Broken scripts? Pages that are not completed or look unfinished?
Is page length appropriate to site content?
Is the site worthy of a design student in its communication?
Does it use distracting animations?
Does it provide feedback? Using Javascript frameworks can enhance user experience, or detract from it.
Is the code clean and well documented?
Is it optimised for Search Engines (SEO)?
Does it have Google’s Analytics code?
Does the HTML validate? Use the Validator Service and Check the HTML out.
Does the CSS validate? Use the Validator Service and Check the CSS out.
List the CSS3 features used. Were they used to good effect?
Explain how well the document followed a semantically correct HTML5 document structure.
Is the website design future proof?